Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1980.Troia on page 1980
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Troia Troy
Troia is a Latin Noun that primarily means Troy.
Definitions for Troia
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
Troy
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
The city and territory of Troy, situated on the Asiatic side of the entrance to the Hellespont. (b) the name of towns built by refugees from Troy.
- 2
(prob. orig, separate wd., cf. Etr. truia) A traditional pageant or maneuvre in the form of a sham fight, performed by boys (prob. of senatorial family) on horseback; also lusus ~ae.
Sentences with Troia
Latin to English
Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora - multum ille et terris iactatus et alto vi superum, saevae memorem Iunonis ob iram. [Aenis, I, 1]Compare I tell about war and the hero who first from Troy's frontier displaced by destiny, came to the Lavinian shores, to Italy - a man much travailed on sea and land by the powers above, because of the brooding anger of Juno.
O terque quaterque beati, quis ante ora patrum Troiae sub moenibus altis contigit oppetere!Compare Oh, thrice and four times blessed you whose luck it was to fall before your father's eyes under Troy's battlements!
Vis audire illum tanta brevitate dicentem, ut artari magis et contrahi brevitas ipsa non possit? "Et campos, ubi Troia fuit": ecce paucissimis verbis maximam civitatem hausit et absorpsit, non reliquit illi nec ruinam.Compare Notice how he speaks with such brevity that brevity itself could not be more concise, more compact. "The plain where Troy once stood." This is how in a very few words he levels and annihilates a very great city, leaving not even a ruin.
In qui primus egredior locus, Troia voco.Compare The first place at which they landed is called Troy.
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 137.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1980.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "Troia, Troiae (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/troia-troiae.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 137.Troia, Troiae on page 137
